أُيَّهاO الفاضِلُaccomplished one الذيwhose قَصَّرَfell short الفاal-Fāḍil (first part)
أُيَّها الفاضِلُ الذي قَصَّرَ الفا
ضِلُal-Fāḍil (continued) عنof صَنعتْيهِhis two arts والأصفهانيand al-Iṣfahānī
ضِلُ عن صَنعتْيهِ والأصفهاني
O accomplished one, whose two arts al-Fāḍil
and al-Iṣfahānī fell short of;
والذيand you whose تُنشِئُbring forth الرِّياضَgardens علىupon مُهْparchment (first part)
والذي تُنشِئُ الرِّياضَ على مُهْ
رَقهِhis parchment (continued) هَاطِلاتُdownpours تلكَthose البَنَانِfingertips
رَقهِ هَاطِلاتُ تلكَ البَنَانِ
And you, on whose parchment gardens spring forth
beneath the downpours of those fingertips:
وَصَلَتْنيreached me مِنهنَّfrom them باسِمَةُsmiling الأَزْthe blossoms (first part)
وَصَلَتْني مِنهنَّ باسِمَةُ الأَزْ
هارِblossoms (continued) تَفترُّbreaks into a smile عَنrevealing شبيبِthe blaze of المعانيmeanings
هارِ تَفترُّ عَن شبيبِ المعاني
From them a garden smiling with blossoms reached me,
its smile revealing the blaze of meanings.
تُتْحِفُenriches الرَّوضَةَthe garden التيwhich أَناI فيهاin it
تُتْحِفُ الرَّوضَةَ التي أَنا فيها
بِأَفَانِينِwith varieties of الرَّوْحِrefreshment والرَّيحانِand sweet basil
بِأَفَانِينِ الرَّوْحِ والرَّيحانِ
It enriches the garden where I dwell
with varieties of refreshment and sweet basil.
وَيُضَاهِيand rivals مَوارِدَthe watering places of النِيِّلِthe Nile فيهاin it
وَيُضَاهِي مَوارِدَ النِيِّلِ فيها
كُلُّevery صَافٍclear منof مَاءِthe water of ذاكَthat البَنانِfingertips
كُلُّ صَافٍ من مَاءِ ذاكَ البَنانِ
And there the Nile’s watering places find their match
in every clear draught of water from those fingertips.
وَلَدَىand at قُرْnearness (first part) بِهاits nearness (continued) بِخفَّةِwith the lightness of ذِيone possessing العَيthe eye (first part)
وَلَدَى قُرْ بِها بِخفَّةِ ذِي العَي
نِeye (continued) فَلِلَّهِso, God be praised أَنتَyou مِنas a إنسانِman
نِ فَلِلَّهِ أَنتَ مِن إنسانِ
And at its approach, with a sighted man’s lightness—
God bless you—what a man you are!
بَانَappeared ليto me فيin فِرنْدِهاits patterned sheen أَلَقُthe radiance of الشَّمْthe sun (first part)
بَانَ لي في فِرنْدِها أَلَقُ الشَّمْ
سِsun (continued) الذيwhich قَدhas عَلاrisen علىabove كِيوَانِKaywān (Saturn)
سِ الذي قَد عَلا على كِيوَانِ
In its patterned sheen I saw the sun’s radiance,
which has risen above Kaywān, Saturn:
شَمْسُa sun of فَضْلٍexcellence قدhas وَافقَjoined الشَّرفَthe exaltation الأthe highest (first part)
شَمْسُ فَضْلٍ قد وَافقَ الشَّرفَ الأ
عْلَىhighest (continued) قَرِيناًas a companion أَسْعِدْhow auspicious بِذاكَis that القِرانِconjunction
عْلَى قَرِيناً أَسْعِدْ بِذاكَ القِرانِ
A sun of excellence, joined to the highest exaltation
as a companion—how auspicious that conjunction!
فَأََضَاءَتْso it illuminated مَذاهبيmy paths بَعدَafter ماthat أَلbound (first part)
فَأََضَاءَتْ مَذاهبي بَعدَ ما أَل
زَمَنيbound me (continued) الدَّهْرُTime مَوْقِفَthe plight of الحَيْرانِthe bewildered one
زَمَني الدَّهْرُ مَوْقِفَ الحَيْرانِ
Thus it lit my paths, after
Time had bound me to the plight of one bewildered.
وَلَقدand indeed جِئْتَyou came قُرَّةًa cooling delight لِعُيونٍto eyes
وَلَقد جِئْتَ قُرَّةً لِعُيونٍ
سَلِمتْwere spared أَنْbeing تُعَدَّcounted فيamong العُمْيانِthe blind
سَلِمتْ أَنْ تُعَدَّ في العُمْيانِ
And indeed, you came as a cooling joy to eyes
spared from being counted among the blind.
Translation model: Sol 6.1